GReCT - Grup de Recerca de Ciències de la Terra

 

La recerca del grup pel 2014-2016, es planteja com una continuïtat, ampliació i consolidació de la recerca desenvolupada en les 4 línies de la modelització ambiental en les que ha centrat la seva activitat: 1) modelització qualitat de l'aire; 2) modelització atmosfèrica; 3) modelització de la pols mineral; i 4) la modelització climàtica.

http://futur.upc.edu/GReCT

Recent Submissions

  • Relative humidity vertical profiling using lidar-based synergistic methods in the framework of the Hygra-CD campaign 

    Labzovskii, Lev D.; Papayannis, Alexander; Binietoglou, Ioannis; Banks, Robert F.; Baldasano Recio, José María (2018-02-14)
    Article
    Open Access
    Accurate continuous measurements of relative hu- midity (RH) vertical profiles in the lower troposphere have become a significant scientific challenge. In recent years a synergy of various ground-based remote sensing instru- ...

  • Multi-criteria decision analysis to assess the environmental and economic performance of using recycled gypsum cement and recycled aggregate to produce concrete: the case of Catalonia (Spain) 

    Suárez, Sindy; Calderón Valdiviezo, Lucrecia Janneth; Gassó Domingo, Santiago; Roca Ramon, Xavier (2018-06-01)
    Article
    Open Access
    The production of virgin raw materials used in construction and the generation of construction and demolition waste (CDW) are key environmental issues in the construction industry. Portland cement and concrete are used ...

  • Presentation of the EURODELTA III intercomparison exercise-evaluation of the chemistry transport models' performance on criteria pollutants and joint analysis with meteorology 

    Bessagnet, B.; Pirovano, G.; Mircea, M.; Cuvelier, C.; Aulinger, A.; Calori, G.; Ciarelli, G.; Manders, A.; Stern, R.; Tsyro, S.; García Vivanco, Marta; Thunis, P.; Pay Pérez, M. Teresa; Colette, A.; Baldasano Recio, José María (2016-10)
    Article
    Open Access
    The EURODELTA III exercise has facilitated a comprehensive intercomparison and evaluation of chemistry transport model performances. Participating models performed calculations for four 1-month periods in different seasons ...

  • Trends and patterns of air quality in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands) in the period 2011–2015 

    Baldasano Recio, José María; Massagué Obradors, Jordi (2017-05-17)
    Article
    Open Access
    Air quality trends and patterns in the coastal city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) for the period 2011–2015 were analyzed. The orographic and meteorological characteristics, the proximity to the African ...

  • Projeccions climàtiques i escenaris de futur 

    Calbo Angrill, Josep; Gonçalves Ageitos, María; Barrera Escoda, Antoni; García Serrano, Javier; Doblas-Reyes, Francisco; Guemas, Virginie; Cunillera i Grañó, Jordi; Altava Ortiz, Vicent (Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) / Generalitat de Catalunya, 2016-09)
    Part of book or chapter of book
    Open Access
    Aquest capítol tracta de la projecció dels impactes de climes futurs per a trams vulnerables de la costa catalana. Al començament, s’hi revisa la geodiversitat de la costa en termes meteorològics i geològics. El ventall ...

  • Critical evaluation of European Union legislation on the second use of degraded traction batteries 

    Reinhardt, Robert; Amante García, Beatriz; Canals Casals, Lluc; Gassó Domingo, Santiago (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
    Conference report
    Restricted access - publisher's policy
    Electric vehicles are one promising alternative towards a low carbon electric mobility future with less dependency on fossil fuels. The European Union automotive industry is a global leader but there currently exists ...

  • Atmospheric dispersion of airborne pollen evidenced by near-surface and columnar measurements in Barcelona, Spain 

    Sicard, Michaël; Izquierdo Miguel, Rebeca; Jorba i Casellas, Oriol; Alarcón Jordán, Marta; Belmonte Soler, Jordina; Comerón Tejero, Adolfo; Linares, Concha De; Baldasano Recio, José María (International Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2016)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    Hourly measurements of pollen near-surface concentration and lidar-derived profiles of particle backscatter coefficients and of volume and particle depolarization ratios during a 5-day pollination event observed in Barcelona, ...

  • Impact of WRF model PBL schemes on air quality simulations over Catalonia, Spain 

    Banks, Robert Franklin; Baldasano Recio, José María (2016-12-01)
    Article
    Open Access
    Here we analyze the impact of four planetary boundary-layer (PBL) parametrization schemes from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) numerical weather prediction model on simulations of meteorological variables and ...

  • High-resolution dust modelling over complex terrains in West Asia 

    Basart Alpuente, Sara; Vendrell Miguel, Lluis; Baldasano Recio, José María (2016-12)
    Article
    Open Access
    The present work demonstrates the impact of model resolution in dust propagation in a complex terrain region such as West Asia. For this purpose, two simulations using the NMMB/BSC-Dust model are performed and analysed, ...

  • Med-CORDEX initiative for Mediterranean climate studies 

    Ruti, Paolo M.; Somot, Samuel; Giorgi, Filippo; Gonçalves Ageitos, María (2016-07)
    Article
    Open Access
    The Med-CORDEX initiative is a unique framework in which the research community makes use of regional earth system models to increase the reliability of past and future regional climate information. The Mediterranean ...

  • Near-surface and columnar measurements with a micro pulse lidar of atmospheric pollen in Barcelona, Spain 

    Sicard, Michaël; Izquierdo Miguel, Rebeca; Alarcón Jordán, Marta; Belmonte Soler, Jordina; Comerón Tejero, Adolfo; Baldasano Recio, José María (2016-01-01)
    Article
    Open Access
    We present for the first time continuous hourly measurements of pollen near-surface concentration and lidar-derived profiles of particle backscatter coefficients and of volume and particle depolarization ratios during a ...

  • Profiling of aerosol microphysical properties at several EARLINET/AERONET sites during the July 2012 ChArMEx/EMEP campaign 

    Granados Muñoz, María José; Navas Guzmán, Francisco; Guerrero Rascado, Juan Luis; Bravo Aranda, Juan Antonio; Binietoglou, Ioannis; Nepomuceno Pereira, Sergio; Basart Alpuente, Sara; Baldasano Recio, José María; Belegante, Livio; Chaikovsky, Anatoli; Comerón Tejero, Adolfo; D'Amico, Giuseppe; Muñoz Porcar, Constantino; Rodríguez, Alejandro; Sicard, Michaël; Nickovic, Slobodan; Papayannis, Alexander; Pappalardo, Gelsomina; Wandinger, Ulla; Alados Arboledas, Lucas (European Geosciences Union, 2016-06-09)
    Article
    Open Access
    The simultaneous analysis of aerosol microphysical properties profiles at different European stations is made in the framework of the ChArMEx/EMEP 2012 field campaign (9-11 July 2012). During and in support of this campaign, ...

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